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Ackley Bridge is about a white school and an Asian school merging, and Adil knows a little about being in a different culture after his mother decided the family should live in Yardley, where they were in the only Asians on their street.

He remembers: “My brother was the first Asian kid to go to the local school and I was the second. Mum really wanted us to experience a mixed upbringing and a broader life in Birmingham.

“It was difficult at times, we did face some prejudice. But by the time we left the neighbours were in tears and didn’t want us to leave.”

Adil Ray as Sadiq Nawaz (Image: Channel 4)

Here’s everything you need to know about Ackley Bridge.

When and where is it on?

It starts on Channel 4 on Wednesday, June 7 at 8pm.

It’s the first time Channel 4 has put a drama in the 8pm slot since Brookside, which finished in 2003.

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Anything else I should know?

The six-part drama was filmed in Halifax and created by Ayub Khan Din, who wrote East is East, and Kevin Erlis and Malcolm Campbell from Shameless.

Director Penny Woolcock, who also made Macbeth on the Estate in Birmingham’s Ladywood, shunned stage schools to cast children from real Yorkshire schools, including one girl who had just been excluded.

There was due to be a scene involving a bomb hoax by a pupil, but that has reportedly been cut after the Manchester attack.